Eurovision Song Contest 2021

AcerBenII

AcerBenII

Alenko said:
The problem with that though is that they would have to push back Eurovision to October forever since a new broadcaster needs about a year to prepare everything. We will see.
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I reckon it'd be doable for the following May if they asked a country that had recent experience in hosting to step in to host the following year if the winning country didn't feel they could do it - and putting together an experienced international team, re-using/tweaking an old set. They've had backup plans before like when Ukraine hosted and they were worried.
 
Gasur

Gasur

Now not only do I have to suffer Duncan Laurence types pretending to heartfeltly play the piano, but their backing vocals don't need to be live either? No thanks.

If they made it the rule that only bops could have pre-recorded backing vocals then that might be something.
 
AcerBenII

AcerBenII

I'm not hugely bothered. I think it works quite well in Melfest - you don't generally lose the overall live feel of the performance with just the BVs pre-recorded I think. Though The Mamas did take the piss this year with the amount of backing on the chorus so I wouldn't want to see too much of that.

The likes of Demy and Samra mentioned above - I don't see why there'd be an increase in that sort of thing - you could already do it with live BVs anyway. And it's not like we really judge the songs on the quality of their backing vocalists anyway.

Other positives - with the impending financial meltdown there will be a lot of broadcasters considering whether they can afford to enter ESC in coming years. If they only have to send one performer that helps with costs.

And we might see more Fuego-style nicely choreographed bops, which we've missed in recent years.
 
TheChoirgirlHotel

TheChoirgirlHotel

A new Swedish executive supervisor introducing Melfest-style changes to Eurovision?

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Gasur

Gasur

AcerBenII said:
I'm not hugely bothered. I think it works quite well in Melfest - you don't generally lose the overall live feel of the performance with just the BVs pre-recorded I think.
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Melodifestivalen version with pre-recorded backing vocals -



Eurovision version with 100% live vocals -



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AcerBenII

AcerBenII

I'm not saying there's no difference.. and there have been some exceptions where they're clearly taking the mick. But it just doesn't bother me personally. I know I'm going to be in the minority here!
 
UltimatColossus

UltimatColossus

I mean, they could just cancel it again next year. They're making changing in order to save the show. Who knows if they will even keep this change after the COVID era has ended. Its also a very subtle change so the dramatics I've seen on Twitter seem silly to me.

We will barely notice it when the show airs.
 
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